Cigarette-lifter.



Patented Sam. 25,191?.

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Specification of Lettersfetent.

Patented Sept 25.. ili F?,

Application led December 22, 1916.Y Serial No. 138,432.

Zh zZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, domus P. BARNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Donnellson7 in the county of Lee and State of iowa, have invented new and useful linprovements in Cigarette-Lifters, of which "L the following is a specification.v

rlhis invention relates to cigarette litters and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.y

An object of the invention is to provide a Y literof simple and durable form adapted to proximity to each other.

be used in a carton or' package which contains the cigarettes and which may be readily used for lifting the cigarettes from the carton or package whereby the ends direct may be raised above the head and consequently the cigarettes may be easily grasped e and removed from the carton or package.

With this object in View the. device in'- cludes strips of relatively heavy paper having intermediate portions which lie in close The lower end portions of the said strips are bent approximately at right angles to the intermediate' portions thereof and secured to a strip which traverses the full length of the said end portion and is adapted to lie in the bottom pon' tion of the carton or package.

The upper end portions of the first mentioned strips are adapted to be bent at right angles and liey over the upper ends of the cigarettes when the carton is closed and the last mentioned bent ends of the strips may be straightened out and used as handles for raising the strips and the cigarettes when it is desired to remove the same from the carton or package.

in the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a vertical sectional view of a.

carton or package showing the cigarette lifter applied.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of strips used in the parte.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawing the carton` or package l is made of the usual form adapted to hold the cigarettes as indicated at 2. rlhe said carton is provided at its upper edge with a flap 3 adapted to be folded over the upper ends of the cigarettes and secured in a usual manner.

T he cigarette lifter comprises strips l oi' -vided at their lower relatively heavy paperehaving their intermediate portions lying in close proximity to each other and extending between the inner@ most cigarettes and the bunch or collection of cigarettes in the carton l. rllhe said strips are provided at their lower ends with angu- .larly disposed extremities 5 which extend valong and are secured to the upper surface or" a strip 6 which serves as means for holding the said extremities 5 at their angular disposition with relation to the intermediate portion of the strips 4. The strips a are` further provided at. their upper ends with extremities 7 which may be bent down over the upper ends of the cigarettes 2 as shown lin Fig. l and thus the said extremities 7 may of the said carton or package. Thus it will be seen that a simple and efficient means is provided for raising cigarettes in a carton or package and that the said means serve an additional function of protecting means for the end portions of the cigarettes when the same are contained within the carton or package.

Having described the invention what is claimed is In combination i prising strips in in close proximity carton, a lifter comermediate portions h ether and p'rowith angularly a third strip seaces of the said eX- disposed extremities e' cured to the lower su 'strips are'raised in the cartremities and traversing length thereof and serving to hold the intermediate portionsI of the first mentioned strips at right anglesto their lower extremities.

ln testimony whereof ax my signature. 

